coalition did send a letter of support thank you mr jinn mrs sharon if you could um send me that
letter for my records. I would appreciate it. The petition? The petition, yes. I apologize.
Sure. Thank you. I will do that. Thank you. Okay. Planning Commission.
Good morning. David Vecto, City Planning Commission, Mr. Chairman, members of the board.
The comprehensive plan recommends single-family zoning at this location. We recommend that the
board approve the requested use variants for not including commercial space on the ground floor.
Thank you. MI 2021-002-313-1801 South Ringgold Street. My vote is yes with the proviso. Property to be developed as a single family with no commercial use on the first floor.
Professor Plaza, yes with proviso.
Thomas Holliman, yes with proviso.
James Snell, yes with proviso.
Thank you. Now go to case number 6, MI 2021-001429, 312 North 41st Street. This, I believe, is a pro se case. Carrie Dupree, and there's a notation to promote Ms. Lisa Armstrong, who is the architect.
West Palnton Saunders Park, RCO, sent a letter of support.
Mr. Dupree, if you're in the audience, can you please raise your hand?
Chair, this is Sharon. The applicant, the property owner, will be presenting her architect.
I ask that she be promoted only to share exhibits.
Thank you.
Ms. Dupree is coming back in as a panelist now, Chair.
Thank you. Please spell your full name, and I'll swear you in.
Thank you.
Please spell your full name and I'll swear you in.
Excuse me, you're muted.
Sorry. Sorry. Carrie Dupree, C-A-R-R-I-E, D-U-P-R-E-E.
Quirk or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Thank you. Mr. Plaza has some questions for you.
The theme of an exhibit packet with the required documents, ownership, proof of compliance,
copy of the refusal or referral, voters and plans five days prior to this hearing?
And have you met with the RCO and have a letter?
May proceed, ma'am.
Okay, my name is Carrie Dupree. I am the owner of 312 North 41st Street. I purchased my home in 1987 and for the past 34 years have maintained the property with the hope of creating a space that would provide a home through my senior years.
Now, as I started thinking about how I was going to do that and actively plan for it, I realized I had a garage structure in the back that I wasn't really using effectively and realized that I could possibly put up a two-story single-family home, similar to the ones, actually, just like the ones on that block on Holly Street.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry to interrupt, but do we have exhibits for the audience?
Oh, yes.
I'm sorry.
Lisa Armstrong has his
Ms. Armstrong
Ms. Armstrong
please identify yourself with a record
and I'll swear you in
and we're getting feedback
I don't know Mr. P do you have another device on
Ms. Armstrong
please spell your full name and I'll swear you in
Ms. Armstrong
please unmute yourself and wait for the chair
Ms. Armstrong
Okay, I think they just went away.
Ms. Armstrong, please unmute yourself.
Spell your full name.
Hello, my name is Lisa Armstrong.
That's L-I-S-A-A-R-M-S-T-R-O-N-G from AK Architecture at 2011 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA.
You swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Would you please share your exhibits as Ms. Dupree is going through her presentation?
Share screen.
let me go back up to the front page sorry
okay okay all right thanks for your patience so as i was saying i've been i've lived in a house for
about 34 years, and I thought that a solution for my security in later years in terms of living
spaces was to put a two-story house on Holly Street to replace the garage structure that's
there now. And after doing some research on the city website, I, you know, just was going through
and looking for information and found some information that was inconsistent with what I
thought was true. The lot that I own extends from 41st Street to Holly Street. It consists of
actually two parcels, one zoned RSA5 and the other RM1. That's what I found on the city website.
And I was unable to clarify this with the city, so I contacted Lisa to help me work it out.
And she immediately recognized the open space requirements that I would need in order to build
that second house um and after that we formulated a plan that we thought would fit within zoning
guidelines which is a single family home facing holly street and a two-family household with with
a third floor addition facing 41st street we submitted the plans in march of 2020 right before
the pandemic shut down and the city returned with two refusals one for dimension size the majority
of this block is already divided in the manner that I proposed. There are only four properties
south of 312 that face 41st Street to the east and extend to Holly Street to the west. Denying
Denying this request would mean my lot would be larger than 86% of the properties on the block.
this request would mean my lot would be larger than 86 percent of the properties on the block.
When the subdivision would create two parcels, that would mean the zoning site.
Denying the request would mean my lot would be larger than 86% of the properties on the block.
When the subdivision would create two parcels that would meet the zoning lot size and with requirements.
The next is for you.
multifamily versus single-family. Creating the second unit would provide income through my
retirement, which would allow me to continue living in my home. On the south end of the block,
most of the properties are two-family dwelling units with a variance for 312 right next door
that was approved in the year 2000. Thank you for your time and I appreciate your consideration in
this matter. Questions from the board? No, Mr. Chairman. No. Anyone else would like to testify
in this case? Please raise your hand. There are no hands up at this time, Chair. Thank you. Planning
Commission. Good morning. Dave Defecto, City Planning Commission, Mr. Chairman, members of
board the comprehensive plan recommends no change in the existing residential single-family zoning
at this location this is a 1912 square foot lot with an existing structure there is no unique
condition or circumstance of the lot or structure that would require it to be used for anything
other than a single-family home the majority of houses on the block are single-family
we recommend to the board deny the requested use variance
i'm a little confused the addition would not be wouldn't that be a single family
let's see building another structure i think that i missed something here can i
jump in yes please so there would be a single family structure facing holly street right
which would have a new address and then on 41st street that would be um the multi-family
currently a single family is that correct right okay that's why i got confused
so i guess what the planning commission is saying correct me from wrong is that the
the request to create third 312 north 41st as a duplex is what the opposition is correct
that is correct chairman all right thank you all right um mi 2021-001429 312 north 41st street
um i'm gonna the records close i'm not clear that is there anyone from west palnton saunders park
they sent a letter of support so i'm a little confused about that
i see no hands at this time chair
All right. MI 2021-001429, 312 North 41st Street. My vote is no.
Professor Plaza, no.
Thomas Holliman, no.
James Snell, no.
Thank you. Case number 8, MI 2021-000319, 6134-46 Wayne Avenue.
Rachel Pritzker is the attorney, I believe, and Mr. Brandon Savran. Savran are the attorneys
representing the applicant, and Mr. Masters, I believe, is the attorney representing the
appellant. It's a case against LNI. Excuse me, Chair, this is Sharon. I can explain the procedural
history in this one, but could you first, I may have missed this, but number four, was that called
Miss Moreland Street? No, I think I missed that. Because there was someone in the question and
answer. Yeah, my apologies. I think I missed that because I saw no exhibits. All right,
So before we go to Wayne Avenue, let's go back to number four, MI 2021-002-114-2117 West
Moreland Street.
Yeshika Ryan and Shaquan Laurie.
Sharon, did we get any exhibits?
I did not.
Anyone here for 2117 West Moreland?
Chair, we have someone with their hand up.
Last name looks like Kiana.
Kiana, you can unmute yourself and wait for the chair.
Kiana, you can unmute yourself and wait for the chair.
Yes, good evening.
Kiana Shedrick with Upper North Neighbors Association.
And I was the person who asked the question about the incident.
Hello, hello, hello.
Slow down.
Pardon the interruption.
Would you spell your full name, please?
Q-I-A-N-A, last name Shedrick, S-H-E-D-R-I-C-K.
You swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
And please proceed.
No, I was just inquiring about the status because you said it was going to be called fourth, but we had jumped to the sixth case.
The applicant did come to the community meeting.
They stated that they were going to request a continuance, as we wrote in our letter.
However, they did not show up today, so I just didn't know what was taking place with it.
Well, let me find out if they're in the audience.
The applicants for 2117 West Moreland Street in the audience, if so, please raise your hand.
I see no hands at this time, too.
Thank you.
Okay, so MI 2021-002114-2117 West Moreland.
This case is continued, must be heard.
All right, we'll now go to case number eight, MI 2021-000319-6134-46 Wayne Avenue.
Chair, this is Sharon. This is a case that it's actually two cases that are consolidated for purposes of this hearing.
there is a request for a variance there is also an appeal against lni filed by mr masters
challenging the the refusal that was issued saying there should be i believe additional
variance is required the way that we agreed to proceed is that you would continue with the
appeal against lni rule on that and then a second hearing would be scheduled for ms pritzker
to present her case and if the appeal against lni is granted then she might be required to
get a second refusal amended refusal from lni but for today you are going to hear mr masters case
the appeal against lni and mr reuter should be promoted as well thank you so uh mr masters if
you're out there please identify yourself and then i'll get mr reuter
good morning mr chair members of the board steve masters from the law firm of just laws i represent
west central germantown neighbors which is the appellant against lni in this case
we're a firm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth
i do thank you mr reuter if you're out there let me swear you in now
uh thank you uh may please the board leonard f reuter r-e-u-t-e-r senior attorney for the city
of philadelphia we're affirmed to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth
i do thank you um ministers
yes um i would um like to call our first witness um so uh would nancy templeton please
please raise your hand so that you can be sworn in.
Ms. Templeton, please spell your full name and I'll swear you in.
Ms. Templeton, please unmute yourself
and wait for the chair.
Templeton.
Her hand is raised,
chair, and I did unmute her on my side.
I don't know why.
She's not, we don't hear anything.
Ms. Templeton.
Ms. Templeton.
Do you have any other witnesses, Mr. Masters, beside Ms. Templeton?
She is my expert witness, and so we're going to be presenting her expert report.
Yes. Maybe she can go out and try coming back in.
yes and maybe she can go out and try coming back in okay if not we'll move on to the next case and
come back to this if we have chairman this is rachel pritzker um could you also swear in
myself and brandon just in the event that we want to object anything yep so you proceed rachel and
And then Rachel, R-A-C-H-A-E-L, Pritzker, P-R-I-T-Z-K-E-R, 1635 Market Street, Suite 1600, Philadelphia, PA, 19103.
The whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Thank you.
Brandon?
Good morning, board.
This is Brandon Saverin, B-R-A-N-D-O-N, S as in Sam, A, V as in Victor, R-A-N, also at 1635 Market Street, Suite 1600, Philadelphia, PA, 19103.
Do I have time to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
I do. Thank you. Is Ms. Templeton on?
and chairman just so you're aware we have our own experts as well but we'll
get them sworn in in the event that their testimony is relevant
uh we're still having a problem with miss templeton chair i don't see her hand at all now
all right what we're going to do we're going to go to case number nine and then come back to
this case okay she may be having some technical difficulties so we'll go to case number nine
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